The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-27
THROUGH THE STATE. 4
Accidents and accidents in wcst yirrini
and Vicinity. .Il IIr.1'

| @a THROUGH THE STATE.
Accidents and Incidents in West yirr,ni
and Vicinity. . .JTll
| The Civil Service Commission has o,
dered examinations for places In depart
ments to be held at Martinsburg on Janu
AIRY 12th and ut Hagerstown On Januar
l4th next. . 57p .a rf3ITT.
| The highest point on the proposed OK
tension Of the Davis road is Thomas, 200
ieet above the sea. The next highest /
kinge Summit. 2.450 feet, and the loves
Sand Row, 1910 feet, n
| In the organization at the National Con
ventlon Of PoBtmRstera held In Washing
ton last week, A. Il. Brown, OF Weston
was elected one Of the Vice Presidents
and Tom G. Brady, OF Buckhannon, wa
made permanent Secretary. " N
The Council at its last regular meetin,
gave tho Olarksburg Electric Light Com
pany the exclusive privilege for twenty
years, oil erecting and operating in tina
city plant, to furnish both light aut
power, provided however, that work 4
commenced on such plant within one YEA
from that date. u ~ IL
The mill that Gen. Washington buil
stands In a ravine about hall mile Of
Perryopolis, Fayette county, Pa. It Il
still In operation, and propelled, 40 he de-
signed, by q stream flowing down rugged
run called after tho founder OF the mill
1t Is primitive structure compared to the
modern mill Of Minneapolis and othe,
places. EI'@l I'm 800
In Marion county one citizen \eued an.
other before Justice OF the Peace for 81
cents. The costs amounted to s5s. On
account OF some irregularity new trial
was granted, and the costs were increased
to SIG. Ono OF the parties then accused
the other Of false swearing and the latter
has brought q SANDER suit ior ST, 900 dam.
ages, through Messrs. Morrow and Stag.
gers, his attorneys. -.
Two farms belong to Miss Eliza and
George Washington, OF Charlestown, ad.
joining Mount Vernon and a portion OF
the original Mount Vernon tract. have
been sold to a wealthy gentleman Of Chi.
caRo. This property is on tho line OF tho
proposed avenue from Washington City
to the mansion house at Mount Vernon,
and has enhanced in value thereby.
MIR. J. Brisban Walker, formerly OF
West Virginia, has just consummated a
sale Of his Berkeley Estate" lying in the
suburba Of Denver. COL, latter reservlng
sixty scres,) for 1892 900, to a syndicate Of
Kansas City gentlemen, who are prepar.
Ing to largely develop 1t. Besides this
valuable estate Mr.. Walker owns within
the city limits of Denver real estate valued
at 100000 to $4,000. Mr.. Walker mar.
rled daughter Of Gen. D. H. Strother,
"Porte Crayon."
The st. Marry's Oracle says: Our read
ers will remember that q. G. Davis, ON
attorney, formerly resident OF this place,
was indicted for obtaining money under
false prstences, and since that time he
mas been away from the county. On last
Tuesday he returned and gave himself up
to Sheriff Rsynolds to stand his trial on
the indictment. Mr.. Davis says that the
only reason he has not returned sooner ia
that he has been sick and not able to get
here. He Gays that he will have no trou-
Bile In showing his innocence of the
charge against him when his trial comes
on. 1N .07
The Spencer Rifles, the new military
company organized at Montana, Marion
county, last week, Is differed as follows:
Clarence ". Watson, Captain; John W.
Kinney, First Lieutenant; Lee L. Malone,
Second Lieutenant; John Gilmore, First
Sergeant; John Wagner, Second Ser
geant; Elvin Hall, Third Sergeant; E. E.
Ferry, Fourth Sergeant; q. B. Mcdonald,
Enslgn;a j. O. Kinney, First Corporal !;
Amos Carpenter, Second; John Murray,
Third; W. E. Sterling, Fourth. Secretary,
Leo L. Malone; Treasurer, J. @. Kinney.
Some forty odd membera are enrolled,
eighteen Of whom measure over six feet
in height. 5ll -
The board OF directors of the Grafton &
Greenbrier held meeting at Philippi on
Wednesday Of last week. The object of
the meeting was to take into considers-
ton the present difficulty between that
company and the Baltimore & Ohio, We
understand, however, that no action was
taken by the board further than an infor-
NAL talk over the present difficulties and
the embargo on the Grafton & Green
brler's business. Mr.. Bradshaw, the Pres
ldent OF the company, and also an official
OF the Baltimore & Ohio, said he did not
know from what authority the recent or
der denying the Grafton 4 Greenbrier
the use Of cars emsnated, but assured the
board that In hia opinion that difficulty
could be obvlated and the business OF the
road allowed 10 proceed as usual.